by Erik Kain on March 1, 2012
will begin production on a smaller 7.85-inch iPad later this year according to a new report. DigiTimes is reporting that the new iPad will run somewhere between $249 – $299, making it a cheaper alternative to the current crop of iPads. is also expected to release an 8GB iPad 2 for US$349-399 according to DigiTimes. [...]
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by Erik Kain on February 28, 2012
Now that I have an Xbox 360, this is excellent news: HBO has slowly been bringing HBO Go to a multitude of connected platforms, from Roku boxes to someSamsung connected TVs, and now we finally know when it’ll come to the Xbox 360. Tonight at an HBO event in , company Co-President, Eric Kessler, gave us the [...]
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by Erik Kain on February 24, 2012
Even though didn’t start selling Windows Phone smartphones until November of 2011, it already ranks as the leading seller of ‘s mobile operating system. and are hoping that the emerging partnership will propel both companies into the highly competitive mobile industry. has been noticeably absent in the American market in recent years and is putting [...]
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by Erik Kain on February 16, 2012
Samsung’s giant Galaxy Note smartphone has been described as a ‘phoneblet’ thanks to its massive 5.4″ screen. The innovate smartphone comes with an S Pen stylus, allowing you to take notes or draw sketches directly onto your phone. And while the big screen may have some downsides when it comes to actually talking on the [...]
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by Erik Kain on February 15, 2012
is now the world’s number one seller of smartphones according to a new report. The maker of the iPhone has also passed up LG to become the world’s number three phone vendor, according to a new market share report from Gartner. clocks in at 19 percent of all smartphone sales, making it the leader in [...]
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by Erik Kain on February 12, 2012
The patent wars are coming to American shores. After numerous court battles playing out across Europe have led to mixed victories and losses for some of the biggest tech companies in the business, is now suing Samsung in American court. Patent expert Florian Mueller says the suit is based on four patents which are the [...]
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by Erik Kain on February 6, 2012
Samsung’s high-end ‘phoneblet’ – a smartphone/tablet hybrid – the Galaxy Note is now available for pre-order if you happen to subscribe to AT&T. The high-end device stands out thanks to a massive 5.3-inch display, a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, 16 GB of built-in memory, and a 1280×800 resolution. Unlike most smartphones these days, the Note [...]
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by Erik Kain on February 6, 2012
Samsung’s high-end ‘phoneblet’ – a smartphone/tablet hybrid – the Galaxy Note is now available for pre-order if you happen to subscribe to AT&T. The high-end device stands out thanks to a massive 5.3-inch display, a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, 16 GB of built-in memory, and a 1280×800 resolution. Unlike most smartphones these days, the Note [...]
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by Erik Kain on February 1, 2012
A German court refused ‘s request to ban Samsung’s altered Galaxy Tab 10.1N Wednesday saying that the tablet had been altered enough to skirt Germany’s unfair competition law. “Samsung has shown that it is more likely than not that the patent will be revoked because of a technology that was already on the market before [...]
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by Erik Kain on January 30, 2012
[Updated below.] Samsung will release its tablet-smartphone hybrid, the Galaxy Note, on February 19th. For subscribers the massive smartphone will only set you back $299 with a two-year contract. But will consumers buy up the massive smartphones? A 5.3″ touch screen has many advantages, but it has one pretty big disadvantage, too: it might be [...]
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